Change default app.config at runtime

Question

I have the following problem:
We have an application that loads modules (add ons). These modules might need entries in the app.config (e.g. WCF configuration). Because t

Answer 1

You can try to use Configuration and Add ConfigurationSection on runtime

Configuration applicationConfiguration = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(
                        new ExeConfigurationFileMap(){ExeConfigFilename = path_to_your_config,
                        ConfigurationUserLevel.None
                        );

applicationConfiguration.Sections.Add("section",new YourSection())
applicationConfiguration.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full,true);

EDIT: Here is solution based on reflection (not very nice though)

Create class derived from IInternalConfigSystem

public class ConfigeSystem: IInternalConfigSystem
{
    public NameValueCollection Settings = new NameValueCollection();
    #region Implementation of IInternalConfigSystem

    public object GetSection(string configKey)
    {
        return Settings;
    }

    public void RefreshConfig(string sectionName)
    {
        //throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public bool SupportsUserConfig { get; private set; }

    #endregion
}

then via reflection set it to private field in ConfigurationManager

        ConfigeSystem configSystem = new ConfigeSystem();
        configSystem.Settings.Add("s1","S");

        Type type = typeof(ConfigurationManager);
        FieldInfo info = type.GetField("s_configSystem", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
        info.SetValue(null, configSystem);

        bool res = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["s1"] == "S"; // return true